Torpedo dart



Ja 10, 1933 o. F. s'cmoznsa 1,893,737

TORPEDO DART Filed May 7, '1932 Inventor or r. we orsanrn aria,

" Wheaties filed 7,

Ts inventionrelates to toys and is what be termed a to gr: dart, and consists of a dart-equi pad with detonating means adapted to exp ode when the dart comes into E iorcible contact with an immovable body, as

tor example when the dart is thrown against a wall, target or the like.

The invention advantages will be best understofi ioma 9 study of the following description, ten 1n connection with the accompanying drawing wherein: 1 i

Figural is a plan view of the torpedo dart. Figure 2 is a side view thereofioertain 1&5 Io being broken away and shown in section and Figure 3 158, transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line of Fig ure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawing it will be seen that the invention comprises a dart desigliated generally by the reference character-5 and including a substantially. solid body tapering toward one end and made '25 of metal, paper, celluloid or other suitable material. The body 5 is separated transversely into a relatively elongated main section 6 and a relatively short end section 7. Asleeve 8 of metal orother suitable material provides a. concussion chamber 9 for the dart and atsaid one end the cylinder is pressed The body section and also serves to couple the sections 6 and 7 In this connection it will be noted that the largest end of the section 6 is telescopical- 1y received within one end of the cylinder 8 inwardly to provide a retaining rib 10 embedded within said end of the body section 6. The body section 7 has one end telescoped into the other end of the cylinder 8 and may be secured therein in any suitable manner.

Adjacent its'rib equipped end the cylinder 8 is provided with an opening 11' through which an e losive disk such as a cap or the like may inserted into the combustion 12 which anvil 12 is in the nature of a metallic disk fitting snugly within the cylinder or sleeve 8 in abuttiopg relation with the proximate end of the b 7y section 6.

has an opening 7a ex other with its object and chamberv9 to fit against one face of an anvil ease. seen tending therethrough, and through the opening is extends a detonatin plunger 13 that at its inner end is equippe with a disk like head 12% while at its outer ic'ree end the plunger 13 which is in the nature of a nail is sharpened as at 18?).

A. spring keeper 14 is provided "for normally retainin the plunger 1% in its-projeeted or full line position shown in Figure 2 and the keeper 1% in the present instance is in the nature of a metallic apertured plate secured, to the inner end of the body section "To and equipped with a spring tongue its adapted to irictionally engage the head 13a v 6 of the dart there is provided pail or air vanes 15 suitably connected with the body, and the vanes 15 may be made of any suitable material, as for example metal, aper, celluloid or may be in the nature 0 feathers or as otherwise found desirable and suitable.

In actual practice the plunger 13 is first locked in its projected position and a cap or similar explosive element 16 is fitted snugly within the chamber 9 against one face of the anvil 12. The dart is then thrown toward a suitable target, the object, intent and purpose being to ave the end 1312 of the plunger driven into the target so as to hold the dart in skill with which it was thrown.

It is manifest, that when the plunger 13 comes into contact with the target or other similar object that the body 5 will continue forwardly relative to the plunger 13 and the cap 16 brou ht into forceful contact with the head 13;: o the plunger resulting in an ex ploding of the ca It is to be un erstood of course that instead of having the plunger 13 equipped with the pointed end 131) a rubber tip or a tip of othersuitable yieldable material may be provided on the outer end of the plunger so that the dart may be thrown against other objteactswithout injurious efiect to such obec v Even though I have herein shown and deposition onthe target thus showing the scribed the preferred embodiment of? the invention, it 1s to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the 5 sco of the appended claim.

aving .thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A detonatin -dart comprising a longitudinally tapered dy divided transversely adjacent one end to provide a relatively elongated section and a relatively short section a sleeve telescopically receivmg one end of each of said body sections and servindgl to secure said bod sections in ion 'tu nal I alinement with e confronting en of said I sections in relatively spaced relation, said sleeve forming between saiv ends of the body sections a chamber, and being also provided with a lateral opening whereby access to said Q chamber may be had adjacent the inner end of the longer body section, said short body section having an axial opening therethrough, a lunger slidable through the open ing in said est-named body section, and provided at its outer end with a penetrating int, and at its inner end witha disc-like ead, a percussion cap arranged in said chamber adjacent the inner end of the longest body section, and a spring clip secured to the 40 inner end of the shorter body section and peripherally engafiing the head of' said plunger for norma y retaining the latter in projected position.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

v OTTO F; SCHROEDER. 

